if you are talking about the scrooge on a Christmas carol he is a business owner
Ebenezer Scrooge Scrooge and his original partner Jacob Marley were predominantly a money lenders. They also bought out other peoples debts and made money on recovery of the debt. The idea came to Charles Dickens late in life after his father was imprisoned for non payment of debits.
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He, and his partner Marley before he died, were moneylenders, with Bob Cratchit as the clerk.
We are not told in so many words. He must have been a merchant of some sorts.
He was a money lender. He gave people money and they paid him back later with interest.
He is a money lender, Trader and landlord of properties
He owns a money lending house, rents properties, and buys and sells produce like corn.